English Legal System
- ISBN-10
- 1405835486
- ISBN-13
- 9781405835480
- Series
- English Legal System
- Category
- Law / International
- Pages
- 630
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pearson Longman
- Authors
- Catherine Elliott, Frances Quinn
Description
This 7th edition includes discussion of the key developments in the English Legal System in the past year, including: the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, introducing major constitutional reforms, including provisions to change the role of the Lord Chancellor, replace the House of Lords with a Supreme Court, and establish a Judicial Appointments Commission; planned reforms to the regulations of the legal professions and the way in which people qualify to become solicitors; Topical Human Rights issues, including discussion of A and Z and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department, which challenged the legality of detention without charge under the Terrorism Act 2000, celebrities and the right to privacy, and the proposed introduction of I.D cards; and increased police powers as a result of the Serious Crime and Police Act 2005.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Introduction to the English Legal System 2019-2020
By Martin Partington... to vote while they are in jail.7 However, in Hirst v United Kingdom (No 2) ((2006) 42 EHRR 41) the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found that this blanket ban was incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.
-
Walker & Walker's English Legal System
By Richard Ward, Amanda Akhtar15 Review of Civil Justice and Legal Aid: Report to the Lord Chancellor by Sir Peter Middleton GCB ('the Middleton Report') (HMSO, September 1997), at para 1.7. 16 Woolf Interim Report, para 4. 17 See p 547. PART III CIVIL PROCEEDINGS ...
-
English Legal System in Context
By Mandy Burton, Anthony Bradney, Fiona CownieThus , for example , White , in the first edition to his work , then entitled The Administration of Justice , wrote that , the old institutional , historical and rule - oriented approaches to the English legal system ] have given way in ...
-
English Legal System in Context 6e
By Mandy Burton, Anthony Bradney, Fiona Cownie... sometimes at its own instance.83 Falk Moore's ideas have been developed by Peter Fitzpatrick,84 who has emphasized that an ... Fitzpatrick has attempted to show, in a Third World context, how the family and its legal order (one ...
-
The English Legal System
By Gary Slapper, David KellyThe work of Michael Coley, rising star of the bar, on the criminal process, and the civil and criminal courts, has been outstanding. We are indebted to Professor Dame Hazel Genn QC, Carolyn Bracknell, Christopher Donnellan QC, ...
-
The English Legal System
By Alisdair Gillespie, Siobhan Weare379 Criminal Legal Aid (Financial Resources) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/471) reg 31 ... 382 Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/435) Sch I ... 385 Criminal Procedure Rules 2020 (SI 2020/759) .
-
The Modern English Legal System
By S. H. Bailey, Peter F. SmithThe Modern English Legal System
-
Optimize English Legal System
By Angela Stanhope, Odette HutchinsonThese concise revision guides cover the most commonly taught topics, and provide you with the tools to: Understand the law and remember the details o using diagrams and tables throughout to demonstrate how the law fits together ...
-
English Legal System PDF eBook
By Emily Allbon, Sanmeet Kaur-DuaAn introduction to the complexities of law, with clarity Elliott & Quinn’s English Legal System, 21st Edition, by Allbon and Dua provides a deep understanding of the English Legal System...
-
Introduction to the English Legal System 2017-2018
By Martin PartingtonYounger jurors were better able than older jurors to comprehend the legal instructions, with comprehension of directions on the law declining as the age of the juror increased. A written summary of the judge's directions on the law ...